Trich stableri was first noted by Dr Robert M Stabler of Colorado College in Colorado Springs, CO back around 1960. He called it the “Jone barn strain”, because the only place he found it was at farmer Jone’s barn. He also noted that there was nothing available at the time that would kill it, and in raptors, it acted so quickly that they were dead about the time you first noticed symptoms.
I'm guessing Stabler identified it as a strain but it was the research on the band‐tailed die offs that provided what was needed to identify it as it's own species?
I looked through all the research I could find to get virulence info on stableri ... but nothing. I've always heard it was fast and resistant to current medications, but no research. It's interesting, they wouldn't specifically point a finger at stableri being the cause. The going thoughts I read were more of a perfect storm scenario.
Appropos of nothing, the first peregrine I encountered in a loft was Doc Stabler's female bird Luft in the early 1980s. She looked at me, and she clearly was not afraid. He's gone now, of course, and his little acreage in NE Colorado Springs is probably an office park or a strip mall.
I LOVE stories like this! Also apropos of nothing, I saw my first peregrine in the early 80s too. It was sitting on the television antennae of my grandparents house and had escaped from Dave Cherry. (Although I wouldn't learn whose bird it was and understand why it was so chill for another 25 years.)
Thanks. Not a particularly cheery message. It seems analogous to artificial reefs. We can create those but poor water quality prevents them from living. Good stuff
Appropos of nothing, the first peregrine I encountered in a loft was Doc Stabler's female bird Luft in the early 1980s. She looked at me, and she clearly was not afraid. He's gone now, of course, and his little acreage in NE Colorado Springs is probably an office park or a strip mall.
Trich stableri was first noted by Dr Robert M Stabler of Colorado College in Colorado Springs, CO back around 1960. He called it the “Jone barn strain”, because the only place he found it was at farmer Jone’s barn. He also noted that there was nothing available at the time that would kill it, and in raptors, it acted so quickly that they were dead about the time you first noticed symptoms.
I'm guessing Stabler identified it as a strain but it was the research on the band‐tailed die offs that provided what was needed to identify it as it's own species?
I looked through all the research I could find to get virulence info on stableri ... but nothing. I've always heard it was fast and resistant to current medications, but no research. It's interesting, they wouldn't specifically point a finger at stableri being the cause. The going thoughts I read were more of a perfect storm scenario.
I wish I could find more.
Appropos of nothing, the first peregrine I encountered in a loft was Doc Stabler's female bird Luft in the early 1980s. She looked at me, and she clearly was not afraid. He's gone now, of course, and his little acreage in NE Colorado Springs is probably an office park or a strip mall.
I LOVE stories like this! Also apropos of nothing, I saw my first peregrine in the early 80s too. It was sitting on the television antennae of my grandparents house and had escaped from Dave Cherry. (Although I wouldn't learn whose bird it was and understand why it was so chill for another 25 years.)
Thanks. Not a particularly cheery message. It seems analogous to artificial reefs. We can create those but poor water quality prevents them from living. Good stuff
Appropos of nothing, the first peregrine I encountered in a loft was Doc Stabler's female bird Luft in the early 1980s. She looked at me, and she clearly was not afraid. He's gone now, of course, and his little acreage in NE Colorado Springs is probably an office park or a strip mall.